Vause v. United States

If a most miserable violator of the criminal law entered a police station or a police magistrate’s court and admitted that his perjured testimony caused or helped to bring about the conviction of another, it is inconceivable that his statement would not be at least heard and considered with a view to granting deserved justice. An appellate court of justice still having the criminal cause before it, with power of review and to reverse an unfair or unjust conviction, would practice a mockery of justice if, in its name and in its administration, it did not know or find a way to prevent such…